Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-30

front of the skirt is yelled by a long
shawl-like apron, draped very high on
one side, of black Brussels net, heavily
embroidered with dark red and gold silk.
This again is edged with an elaborate
lace-embroidered edge in old gold. The
underskirt is plain, having q boX-pleated
panel of the silk on the side not yelled by
the next,and full bournou- pleated drapery
in the back. The bodice is q short,
pointed basque, the bust yelled with d
pointed Brussels net vest, edged with en-
broidery matching that on the apron
front, and embroidered with pendants OF
loops of garnet beads. The sleeves, which
are tight fitting end of the silk, have q
deep, full puff of the same bead-embroi-
dered net, falling over the hand.
NOTES.
Gray grows more aud more popular.
GIls under thirteen wear their frocks
without OVerskirtS.
Russian net with scalloped edge is
used for wells.
Ladys cloth in light tints is the latest
novelty in dress fabrics.
Demi-traiued dresses are used az home
and for RI ceptions.
An odd fashion row in vogue is to use
Jet paSsementeue on green cloth dresses.
"Ashes of roses" Is once more fash
iOnable tint, out il has been rechristcned
sold pink"
A whlm Dame Fashion has INDUCED in
this winter is the Use Of swans down on
evening bodices.
Headdresses are worn more and more
by married women to dinners and evening
entertainments.
Decorative scarfs for the drawing
room are now principally made OF jap
anese art satin, boiling cloth and Persian
silk.
Slippers should match the toilet. They
are made rather pointed at the toe, with
low vamp and without other finish than
knot of ribbon.
Two rosettes were recently made-one
for the hair and the other to be worn at
the left side of low-neCked dress, placed
close to the armhole.
Lengths of wideribbons, finished with
DO " tied around the arm, are sometimes
worn as q finish with the long gloves so
populsr for evening wear.
Among the audacious combinations of
color used this season by French modistes
may be mentioned Ciel blue and mauve,
red and light blue and heliotrope and Or
ange.
a pretty fancy for trimming black
velvet bOnnets is TO make fan bow of
Chantilly lace, tied with brieht-colored
velvet ribbon. and set as an aigrette di-
rectiy in front.
The severely plain shirt, with no finish
st the edge, has been abandoned by lead
ing mOdistes, and there is a return to
the harrow dainty foot-pleating, or the
ruche made of fringed or pleated silk.
The preference is still for made bow
of velvet in place of tied strings for bon
nets. 1t is now worn slightly larger and
wider. For tied bonnet strings two sets
of ribbons an inch wide, velvet and f2ille,
are used.
There is a decided return to velvet
skirts Of every degree of worth, including
velveteen in shades of gray, golden
brown, olive and dark garnet. Itappears
to be the exception rather than the rule
that the velvet skirt matches IN color the
rest of tn costume.
Scarfs of heavy black or white lace are
again fashionable, and no lady, who
knows the extent to which the fashion is
becoming, will regret the revival of the
ancient mode. They are worn long, and
tied up tight and snug round the throat,
and fastened by beautiful little pins.
There is quite a revival of plaid this
winter. The most popular are in dull
shades, however, and are quite iLcon-
spicuous. They are principally in wool
end are combined with plain goods Of the